Hears Something Other Than "Black Holes" On Card's Audio
Chip

A graduation card featuring the
maniacally-talking cartoon characters "Hoops and Yoyo" has drawn
the ire of the NAACP in Los Angeles because of a reference to
"black holes."

The organization says it sounds like the characters say "black
whores," and demanded that the "demeaning" card be pulled from
the shelves.

Fox News reports that Leon Jenkins, speaking for the NAACP in
LA, said it was "very demeaning to African-American women when it
made reference to African-American women as 'whores' and says
'watch your back'.

What the characters say on the card with an embedded audio chip
is "And you black holes. You're so ominous. And you planets, watch
your back."

Hallmark said the card, which has been on shelves for three
years, emphasizes a space theme and that the graduate could one day
"conquer the universe." Even after receiving that explanation, the
NAACP said that's not what they heard, and insisted that the card
be pulled.